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name: "Gérard Brach"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 July 1927"
died: "9 September 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:13:05.428276+00:00"
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# Gérard Brach

Writer. Born 23 July 1927 in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 9 September 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 July 1927, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Died:** 9 September 2006
- **Also known as:** Gerard Brach
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1970s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Brach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981246, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2356

## Biography

Gérard Brach (23 July 1927 – 9 September 2006) was a French screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known for his long collaborations with Roman Polanski, for whom he co-wrote the screenplays of *Repulsion* (1965), *Cul-de-Sac* (1966), *The Fearless Vampire Killers* (1967), *The Tenant* (1976), *Tess* (1979), *Frantic* (1988) and *Bitter Moon* (1992).

Brach also worked extensively with Jean-Jacques Annaud on films including *Quest for Fire* (1981), *The Name of the Rose* (1986), *The Bear* (1988) and *The Lover* (1992). In the early 1970s he directed two features, *La Maison* (1970) and *Le Bateau sur l'herbe* (1971), neither of which achieved commercial success. He received a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *Jean de Florette* (1986).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Tess* (1979), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Breathless* (1960), Fi1m 86, as Photographer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean* (2017), Characters
- *His Majesty Minor* (2007), Writer
- *Blueberry* (2004), Screenstory, Screenplay
- *Pornography* (2003), Screenplay
- *Dance of the Vampires* (2002), Original Film Writer
- *The Idol* (2002), Writer
- *The War in Paris* (2002), Screenplay
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1998), Screenplay
- *Anna Oz* (1996), Writer
- *Bitter Moon* (1992), Screenplay
- *The Lover* (1992), Screenplay
- *The Amusements of Private Life* (1990), Screenplay
- *Chillers* (1990), series, Writer
- *Le prince barbare* (1988), Screenplay
- *Domino* (1988), Screenplay
- *The Bear* (1988), Screenplay
- *Frantic* (1988), Writer
- *Shy People* (1987), Screenplay
- *Où que tu sois* (1987), Writer
- *Manon of the Spring* (1986), Screenplay
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Screenplay
- *Jean de Florette* (1986), Screenplay
- *Pirates* (1986), Writer
- *Favorites of the Moon* (1985), Screenplay
- *Les enragés* (1985), Screenplay, Screenstory
- *The Razor's Edge* (1985), Writer
- *Good King Dagobert* (1984), Writer
- *Maria's Lovers* (1984), Writer
- *Doctor Lerne, Subgod* (1983), Writer
- *The African* (1983), Writer
- *A Stone in the Mouth* (1983), Writer
- *My Best Friend's Girl* (1983), Writer
- *Identification of a Woman* (1982), Screenplay
- *Quest for Fire* (1981), Writer
- *Seeking Asylum* (1979), Writer
- *Tess* (1979), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)
- *Bye Bye Monkey* (1978), Adaptation, Writer
- *The Tenant* (1976), Screenplay
- *What?* (1972), Screenplay
- *The Boat on the Grass* (1971), Director, Writer
- *The House* (1970), Director, Writer
- *Secret World* (1969), Screenplay
- *Wonderwall* (1969), Original Story
- *The Girl Across the Way* (1968), Writer
- *The Fearless Vampire Killers* (1967), Screenplay, Story
- *G.G. Passion* (1966), Writer
- *Cul-de-sac* (1966), Writer
- *Repulsion* (1965), Screenplay
- *The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers* (1964), Writer
- *The River of Diamonds* (1964), Writer
- *A Taste for Women* (1964), Screenplay
- *Love at Twenty* (1962), Assistant Director
- *Breathless* (1960), as Photographer (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breathless.md)

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